Potty training advice

I’ve started today and so far he’s scared to even sit on the toilet & wants his pjs on as it’s too cold 😭

We went nappy free but with pants or training pants/bottoms as he wouldn't go bare. It was messy with the accidents. He knows when he is in his nappy so that was the only way working more for us. All kids are different, a friend did it in nappy pants but her LO would go to the toilet in them. We got him used to sitting on the toilet /potty before bed and here and there before we started training properly. Good luck! Not late to the party we only just started couple weeks ago.

@Jay oh bless him, I hadn’t even thought about them being cold 😬 good luck. I really wanted to try last summer but the tantrums were wild when her baby brother turned up so we left it x

Highly recommend not doing it alone! We started over Christmas and my husband was on him while I I took care of the baby. 5/6 weeks in now. Still has the occasional accident but when it’s just me with them both he’s naked waist down and takes himself! We originally tried the 3 day potty using the oh cr*p book. - all that did was cause anxiety. You need to be ready too, embrace the accidents and enjoy the celebrations. It’s the hardest thing we have done. X

Potty has been around ages, but we started with slowly introducing the potty or toilet first thing or before bed. Xx

I agree with @Jenni we did it over Christmas (also have a 6 months old at the time) and we did follow the oh crap potty training book as it gave some good hints; BUT embrace the accidents and don’t think the your child will be fully potty trained by day 3 😅 the first week was difficult however we are now dry mostly with the odd accident daytime. Nap and nighttime he still wears a nappy.

We went nappy free for the first two days and had those puppy training sheets in areas I thought she would hide to do a wee. I also put them on the sofas and had throws over the top. I had 3 potty’s downstairs. One in the kitchen and two in living room/ dining area. I also put some cleaning things out ready to clean but in a place she couldn’t reach. We was really lucky and My LG took to potty training pretty well and we had just trousers on, on day 3 then knickers and trousers on day 4 and went to the in laws before going to nursery on day 5. Had a few accidents but now just over a week and haven’t had any accidents in the last few days. We still have nappy on for overnight.

We started yesterday but he’s scared of the toilet doesn’t want to go near it! What to do?

@Claire did you talk to her about it before hand? Literally don’t know how to start it off. I’ve never been particularly worried about any major milestones so far but this has me totally at a blank x

@ShenelWe’ve had a potty out for quite a few months beforehand as I didn’t know when she’d be ready and still didn’t know before I did it but her communication developed a lot in the month before I took the plunge. I also read books to her, she likes the ones with actions or sounds. Also Now and then I’d say to her I needed a wee do you want to come along. She actually prefers to use the toilet than the potty! So not sure if this helped. Today nearly every time I asked her if she needed the wee she said no 🙈 so was a little resistant 🙈 but no accidents

@Claire sounds like she’s done great. I’ll get the potty out tomorrow and start just having it around, thank you x

@Shenel you’re welcome. I’ve either been incredibly lucky or there’s some kind of regression that’s going to hit me with it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We kept trying at around 2.5yrs, she wasn’t ready as kept having accidents and just never made the potty, we tried 3 times and eventually after leaving the potty out she just did it by herself and haven’t had an accident since! I think they’re all ready in their own time and try not to rush it xx